DUBAI — Sri Lanka produced a clinical all-round performance to beat Pakistan by 23 runs in the final to win the Asia Cup 2022 title at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, here on Sunday. This is Sri Lanka’s sixth Asia Cup title. After losing their opening game against Afghanistan, they beat Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that the devastation from floods in Pakistan has “overwhelmed” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who ended his two-day visit to the flood-hit areas of the country. Taking to Twitter, Sharif thanked the UN Secretary General for his “unprecedented support” to the flood victims in Pakistan. “During his […]
KARACHI — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the international community that all countries would suffer damages “beyond their capacity to adapt” if the world failed to respond to the challenge of climate change, Samaa TV reported. After a two-day Pakistan visit, the UN chief took to Twitter to write that he had “never seen […]
BARAMULLA — Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said he will not mislead the people over the issue of Article 370 as only a government with a two-thirds majority in Parliament can ensure the restoration of the provision. “Azad knows what can and cannot be done. I or the Congress party or three […]
BARAMULLA — Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently parted ways with the Congress, on Sunday said he will announce the formation of his new political party within 10 days and asserted that its ideology will be “independent”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said the agenda of the new political outfit would be to struggle […]
ANANTNAG — A woman died after she was hit by an unidentified biker in Bijbehera area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the accident took place near Arwani village this afternoon when an unknown biker hit the woman identified as Raja Begum of Locktypora […]
NEW DELHI — The right-arm pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Harshal Patel, who missed the 2022 Asia Cup in the UAE due to injuries, are all set to make a return for India’s campaign in the T20 World Cup campaign in October-November. A report in Cricbuzz says both pacers have cleared their fitness test, […]
ISLAMABAD — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that developed economies are responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere throughout history. Guterres made the remarks on Saturday in a press briefing in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi during his visit to the flood-affected areas of the country, Xinhua news […]
SRINAGAR — Weather was cloudy in J&K during the last 24 hours as the MeT office said on Sunday that light to moderate rain is likely in the next 24 hours. ‘Light to moderate rain is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours’, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 16.1, Pahalgam […]
SRINAGAR — The Government of India on Saturday appointed Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir Hirdesh Kumar as Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, for a tenure of five years. According to an order, “the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Election Commission of India for appointment of […]